Puli Milagai

This is a very tasty pickle that can be made and consumed within a short time. This goes well with curd rice, dosa, upuma etc.

Ingredients:

1. Fresh green chillies            10 - 12
2. Tamarind         - lemon sized or two teaspoons of tamarind paste
3. Mustard seeds   - 1 teaspoon
4. Fenugreek (methi seeds)  1 teaspoon
5. Urad dal,chana dal           1 teaspoon
6. Curry leaves (optional)  - a few
7. Hing powder   - 1 teaspoon (or)
8. Hing piece      - a fairly large piece (thumb size)
9. Jaggery (optional) a small piece
10. Gingelly oil  - 2 table spoons
11. Salt to taste

Pre-Preparation:

1. Slit the chillies and cut into small ribbons . ( seeds need not be fully removed)
2. Dissolve the tamarind ( or tamarind paste ) in a cup of water

Preparation

1. Add 2 tablespoons of oil in a pan and add mustards and saute till the mustard splutters.
2. Add the methi seeds ,urad dal,chana dal and hing.
3. Add curry leaves (optional), chillies along with a pinch of turmeric powder and saute well.
4. Pour the tamarind water and a teaspoon of salt.
5. Add the jaggery piece (optional)
6. Let it boil thicken.
7. Remove from the stove .